When i came across this article published in one of the newspapers, I honestly thought that the news was a foreign news. I thought this happened in another country. Apparently not.
Teen prostitute brings daughter to work
I am not sure what her real issues were for ending up a prostitute, so I will not prejudge. I am not interested in the details about her current profession and her sex addiction.
But there's something in the news which disgust me. Something which I feel is one of the worst invasion of human rights. In the news article, the 18-year old prostitute claimed that she was made to marry a man chosen by her family at the age of 14 years old. Seriously, isn't there a law which prohibits child marriage in this country? At the age of 14, a child is supposed to be at school and lead a happy life as children. Why are parents marrying their children at that age? Are we not civilised? I know there are countries which permit child marriage (and they are highly criticised by the United Nation) but why is Malaysia also practicing the same?
We are upset when other countries stupidly do not know where Malaysia is. We are angry when some ignorant white guy thought that we still live in the jungle. We boast to the world that we are such a developed country, better than this country, better than that country. But why are we still practicing someting so primitive? I personally feel that this is highly unacceptable.
Signing off - nmn
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